General Gardening Discussion

hmm, well i saw a blackbird eying up our patch the other day, wondered what the little ****** was up to!

South facing is best I think. It'll get more sun that way. John

David the clematis in ? I was speaking about that wanted to use as a cutting is in planted in hanging baskets so only thing could think of was to peg it down in the hanging basket and not the groud.Should think that should work ok.And Helen shall post photos of clematis in H/baskets at night...

Hi Potty Potter been there done that...know what you are going through so very hectic! :eek:I had the good fortune of knowing a year or so in advance on our move so dug up or took cuttings of all the plants I wanted to take with me and it's a good job I did as our new house only had Lily of...

O2 I already know about Tesco although it's good for others to know about the sell offs too :D .I brought an amazing amount of gardening gloves last year some as low as 10p a pair needless to say you can never have too many gardening gloves...wish I had brought more as I go through the...

Hi Grimmer welcome to the forum.Most plants will be more than happy in pots it's just that they need more attention than those that are in the ground with watering and such like.Not sure which sorts of plants you are after growing? Bedding plants such as Busy Lizzies, Geraniums, Marigolds,...

Be careful Paul :eek: Hel.xxx.

Hi Pat I have a quite a few grasses and although it does state with some of them to give them a little chop back (although not right down to the roots lol)in spring I have left mine and none of them seem any worst because of it.All your new growth will replace and covered up the old stuff but...

They`re not called Angels Fishing Rods for nothing.

just a test

Hi Rydall,thats a job I'll be doing today.02

Hi GL heathers are really good for year round show just stear clear of those nasty unnatural colours!There is also an awful lot of evergreen shrubs my favourites are the ones with variegated foliage which you can get the following forms in; Aucuba japonica, Euonymus, Hebe, Ilex, Pieris...

MANY THANKS

Im going to prune in a month and will try the nicking of the plant on the other branch. Many thanks

Many thanks i will have a go. Yes I poster twice.

Spiders are good to have about. Why not leave them to it and work around them?

That answers my question then! Will buy myself some ready for when I put my baskets up. Thanks for your help!

Borrowers, We have a mirror carb 2 common carbs a leather carp and a gold fish the carbs are quite big so we think that's why the heron couldn't take them. I don't like the carbs as they are brown. We had all the fish given to us because the guy who gave them to us was moving house. We had 5...

Hello Peacelily."DON'T" say you hate Grape hyacinths on here; you are likely to be "hung drawn and quartered" by some posters!Oi!!!!!!!

Sod the allotment. Rosie's waggy tails are more interesting. Then we'll tell you how to grow Bonio. :D